American States Water Company Director Sold $31032.00 in Shares

Brookfield Asset Management Inc sold 21,200 shares as American Wtr Wks Co Inc New (AWK)'s stock rose 2.78%. Eqis Capital Management has an ownership of 14,653 stocks of the utilities provider's shares valued $722,000 following acquiring an extra 1,211 stocks in the previous period. Wells Fargo And Mn accumulated 82,888 shares or 0% of the stock. State Bank Of Hawaii holds 0.04% of its portfolio in American Water Works Company Inc (NYSE:AWK) for 5,385 shares. It has underperformed by 106.12% the S&P500.

Banbury Partners Llc increased Dollar Tree Inc (DLTR) stake by 15.5% reported in 2017Q2 SEC filing. With 460,800 avg volume, 2 days are for Grifols SA Ads (NASDAQ:GRFS)'s short sellers to cover GRFS's short positions. The institutional investor held 9,158 shares of the restaurants company at the end of 2017Q2, valued at $1.40M, up from 5,340 at the end of the previous reported quarter. Sector Pension Invest Board invested in 0.01% or 18,846 shares.

Traders are a little more bullish on shares of the company recently if you take a look at the decrease in short interest. It has outperformed by 15.06% the S&P500. Brokerage firms predict that American States Water business will report $1.70 EPS for the full year. In the latest earnings report the EPS was $2.62 and is expected to be $3.00 for the current year with 178,214,000 shares now outstanding. AWR's profit will be $20.85M for 22.90 P/E if the $0.57 EPS becomes a reality. Over the past twelve months, American Water Works Company, Inc.

Investors sentiment decreased to 0.78 in Q2 2017. Its down 0.02, from 0.8 in 2017Q1.

The PEG for American Water Works Company, Inc.is gauging a 4.43, signposting the future growth of the company's earnings. 137 funds opened positions while 396 raised stakes. Stockholders of record on Friday, May 5th will be paid a dividend of $0.415 per share. Piper Jaffray maintained the shares of DLTR in report on Friday, September 29 with "Hold" rating. American Water Works Company Inc (NYSE:AWK) has risen 3.35% since October 8, 2016 and is uptrending. Cornerstone Advisors Inc. raised its holdings in shares of American Water Works by 349.5% during the second quarter. Finally, Zacks Investment Research lowered American States Water from a "hold" rating to a "sell" rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 4th.

Sentinel Asset Management Inc, which manages about $4.13B US Long portfolio, upped its stake in Carrizo Oil & Gas Inc. After $0.73 actual EPS reported by American Water Works Company Inc for the previous quarter, Wall Street now forecasts 49.32% EPS growth. 8,545 are owned by Oppenheimer Communications. Analysts expect next quarter's EPS will be $0.65 with next year's EPS anticipated to be $3.28.

03/15/2017 - American Water Works was downgraded to "hold" by analysts at HSBC. Chicago Equity Prtn Ltd Liability Corp owns 51,770 shares for 0.07% of their portfolio. Magellan Asset Ltd owns 0% invested in American States Water Co (NYSE:AWR) for 23,793 shares. Hills Bank And stated it has 0.09% in American Water Works Company Inc (NYSE:AWK). Hoertkorn Richard Charles reported 1,990 shares. Janney Capital downgraded American States Water Co (NYSE:AWR) rating on Friday, October 16. $76 worth of stock was sold by GOSS MARTHA CLARK on Tuesday, May 9. Honkamp Krueger Financial Services Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of American States Water during the second quarter valued at approximately $208,000. For the next year, analysts expect that the firm will post sales of $3.59 billion per share, with estimates ranging from $3.49 billion to $3.68 billion. Therefore 67% are positive. Their 52-Week High and Low are noted here.

As analysts monitor volatile markets in recent weeks they have updated their price targets on shares of American States Water Company (NYSE:AWR). American States Water had 11 analyst reports since August 8, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. They now have a Dollars 79 price target on the stock. Rhumbline Advisers reported 90,771 shares. Barclays Capital maintained American States Water Co (NYSE:AWR) rating on Friday, May 20. The rating was upgraded by Ladenburg Thalmann to "Neutral" on Wednesday, May 11.

09/06/2016 - American Water Works had its "overweight" rating reiterated by analysts at Barclays. The rating was downgraded by Boenning & Scattergood to "Neutral" on Monday, June 6. The company was downgraded on Thursday, October 15 by Ladenburg Thalmann.

Among 31 analysts covering McDonald's Corporation (NYSE:MCD), 20 have Buy rating, 1 Sell and 10 Hold. GlaxoSmithKline has $50 highest and $40 lowest target. Robert W. Baird has "Outperform" rating and $82 target. MTS Systems had 4 analyst reports since June 23, 2016 according to SRatingsIntel. The firm has "Buy" rating given on Friday, September 11 by Canaccord Genuity. The rating was maintained by Deutsche Bank on Monday, April 25 with "Buy". 229,780 were reported by Levin Capital Strategies L P. Credit Suisse Ag holds 31,254 shares. BNP Paribas downgraded the stock to "Underperform" rating in Wednesday, September 14 report. The firm has "Buy" rating by Berenberg given on Tuesday, February 9.

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